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The race is on. Which Chinese city will unwire first?

March 11, 2008 at 4:55 AM by Carol Ellison

ChinaStakes.com reports that Shanghai is poised to become China’s first wireless city. It will be interesting to see if the prophecy comes true. The city is one of many in China that have undertaken wireless initiatives and it appears locked in competition with Beijing to unwire first.

Shanghai, which is arguably the country’s most commerical city in terms of its role in international trade, appears locked in competition with Beijing, the nation’s capital, in a race to claim the title of “first.” Both city’s have been working on deploying city-wide wireless networks in time for international events to be held there. In Beijing, it’s the Summer Olympics. In Shanghai, it’s the 2010 World Expo. 

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One Comment on “The race is on. Which Chinese city will unwire first?”

  1. WeFi Blog » Shanghai and Beijing in race to unwire Says:
    March 11th, 2008 at 7:37 pm

    [...] city will win the race to set up the the largest public Wi-Fi network? Shanghai according to certain news sources. Although Beijing is hosting the Olympics this year and is deploying a large Wi-Fi network, [...]

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